Tool-wedge.



N. 1. CARTIER.

TOOL WEDGE. APPLlcAmN FILED 1AN.2a. 191e..

@.Qgya Patented Feb. .1, 1919.

.uNirED STATES PATENT ortica.

NAPOI-EN J. CARTIER, OF NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT.

TOOL-WEDGE.

Specication of Letters Patent Patented Feb. 4, 1919.

Application filed January 29, 1916. Serial No. 75,084.

of the parts of the wed tact with the sides of eye of the tool and twisting or turning driven the tool In the accompanying drawing Figure l is a top plan view 4of the wedge applied to a hammer handle,

Fig. 2 is a side view of the wedge.

Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view of the same.

The wedge is formed from a blank 1 of thin metal straight edge. of the blank l that it does not cut or mutilate the grain of the wood and thus the presence of the Wedge in the handle does not weaken the same. Again by reason of the fact that the edge 3 is devoid of corners or angles there is n0 possibility of the said edge engaging the walls of the eye of the tool and defiecting the course of the wedge as it is being driven into the handle. Again by reason of the fact that the edge 3 is devoid of angles or corners it does not encounter the walls of the eye of the tool therefore when is subjected the event that it is desired wedge fromrthe handle, a nail set may be inserted into the handle and passed into the opening 4 and the said nail set may then be used as a lever for withdrawing the wedge from the handle.

Having described the invention-what is claimed is:

1. A tool wedge comprising a blank having its back edge lying in a straight plane and a substantially semi-circular penetrating edge, said blank being wedge shaped in vertical cross-section and ogee shaped 'in horizontal cross-section with its sides tapered to form sharp side edges as continuations of said semi-circular penetrating edge.

2. As a new article of manufacture, a tool wedge having a semi-oiroular, sharpened, penetrating edge and also having a square back edge; the semi-Circular, penetrating edge being adapted to make a drawn and smooth out, and the back edge being arranged to rest flush with the end of a tool 10 handle when the wedge is driven home therein.

In testimony whereof I aix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

-i NAPOLEON J. CARTIER.

Vtnesses:

l?. E. WHALEN, EUGENEGARTIERL Copies of this patentlmay ne obtained for veeents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents. Washington, .D. C. 

